BSidesPDX-2025

Tabletop Exercises De-Cryptid
2025-10-25 , Workshop B

In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to design intelligence-driven exercises using the Hero's Journey storytelling format. We'll explore how to transform generic "bad thing happened, now what?" scenarios into compelling stories that energize players and highlight real gaps.

You'll walk away with:
• A draft tabletop scenario outline tailored to YOUR organization
• Practical techniques for incorporating adversary tradecraft using MITRE ATT&CK Navigator
• Facilitation skills for managing the room, asking the right questions, and avoiding common pitfalls

Please bring a laptop if possible.

⚠️ Important:
Workshops require registration via this link: https://square.link/u/LYlZ89gC
(Registration will open at 12:00 Noon PDT, on Friday, October 10th)


Engineers seeking buy-in for their security recommendations, managers building team cohesion, leaders dusting off IR plans, or anyone who thinks work should be more fun (because, let’s face it, security is stressful).

No prior exercise experience required - just bring your organization's context and a willingness to think like an adversary. Whether you're planning for 3 people or 30, this workshop offers the tools to create exercises that prepare your team for the inevitable.

Please bring a laptop if possible.

Chloe Tucker is an intelligence-driven information security professional with a focus on learning experience design. As a hybrid human risk and threat intelligence specialist, she spends most of her time trying to understand who's doing what, when, why, and how. She's designed & facilitated over 35 exercises in the past 3 years and is passionate about meeting people where they're at, facilitating conversations, and drinking tea. She also has a smattering of certifications (CISSP, GCTI, GCIH, GSEC).